Monday, July 13, 2026
Gotham City - The Unknown CD 84 -cc
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: Good to hear some metal now and again and these guys from Sweden like the last post this week AVSKUM right below. Per Discogs: Gotham City were a 1980's Swedish heavy metal band. They debuted in 1982 with a self-titled, self-financed 7-inch. The following year they released the Black Writs 12" EP. Early 1984 saw the release of their sole LP, The Unknown, pressed by the local label Fingerprint Records. Due to a lack of support, they split up in 1987. Enjoy!
AVSKUM - Live @ The Blitz 6.4.85 Oslo tape w Re-Crucified By The System CD 94 05 w Crime & Punishment CD 98 w From Vision To Nightmare EP 98 w In The Spirit Of Mass Destruction CD 00 w Split 10 inch with Reality Crisis 00 w Punkista CD 03 w Uppror Underifran CD 08 w 7 09 w En Annan Värld Är Möjlig CD 23 w Demo 82 w Unreleased EP 85
Monday, May 18, 2026
The Leather Nun - Ladernunnan w Slow Death MLP 84 w Alive LP 85 w Lust Games LP 86 w Steel Construction LP 87 w Force of Habit LP 87 w Nun Permanent LP 91 (produced by Mick Ronson) w Scala Cinema Live Cass w A Seedy Compilation Live 79-94 CD 02
REPOST Request: Per Discogs: Swedish band formed in Gothenburg in 1979.
Their musical style can be defined as a mix of garage rock, gothic rock and sleazy pop. When they released the third album "Nun Permanent" in 1991, their record company went bankrupt, which slowly led to their dissolution in 1995. In late 2013 they finally got the rights of the back catalogue and the use of the band name 'The Leather Nun' back and recorded a new album.
They also started reissuing early recordings on their Leather Nun label.
Jonas Almqvist , Bengt "Aron" Aronsson, Gert Claesson and others including Freddie Wadling (original bass player).
Monday, April 13, 2026
The NOMADS - Nighttime 7 82 w Where The Wolfbane Blooms EP 83 w Outburst LP 84 w w Split EP w FIXED UP 85 w She Pays The Rent EP 85 w Hardware LP 87 w 16 Forever EP 87 w 7's 89 w Showdown! 1981-93 2CD
REPOST and ADD ON: Big thanks to Kostas at Urban Aspirines (where you can get the FLAC) for posting the double CD I could draw upon for this post. I put my two favorite albums that I played over and over again in high school into college of Outburst and Hardware but used better CD versions since my very old rip sounded too low. I have to side with Nathan Nothin' from Nothin' Says Somethin' blogspot as he is a big proponent to keep the album songs in order as it is a full experience. As I did this for my old albums and listened it came back to me and I knew exactly which song fit in after hearing one. I stopped at the 1989 album that I hadn't heard and maybe for a later post as I really dug the 'new' songs I heard on the double CD and they even end it with a cover of Motorhead! I had hinted on my previous V TOP V neo paisley bands that they should be included but I needed to organize the files.
Oh yeah here's a video included in the download as well as full show from youtube! Had never seen them play before:
https://bestfile.io/en/dk2AatOolvGHgUH/file
Monday, July 7, 2025
Charlie & Esdor - st CD 70 05 -cc
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: Per Discogs: Charlie & Esdor was a Swedish progg music duo from the end of the 1960s. Norwegian Esdor Jensen was originally the bassist in the band DeCoys from Tromsø, Norway. In 1969 he moved to Katrineholm in Sweden, where he came in contact with the half-Norwegian drummer Edmund "Charlie" Franzén, who was then learning to play the sitar. They formed a duo that played at the two Gärdet festivals in Stockholm in 1970, and are featured on the compilation album Various - Festen På Gärdet. In 1970, their psychedelic single Då klagar mina grannar / Dagen är över was released, produced by Bo Anders Larsson.
At Larsson's initiative, the duo was strengthened with guitarist[Invalid Artist] for the recording of an album, but this was never released and the recordings disappeared. In 1972 however, the EP []iGrönt är skönt[/i] was released with three of these songs and the title track, which was an unreleased single. Charlie & Esdor and Summanen also played with Larsson on his second Scorpion single. The duo were also background singers on the band Envoys' hit Almarna åt folket (1971), and in 1972 became members of the band Blueset from Södertälje. However, they left the latter band after a short time without participating in any recordings. Franzén later became a member of the pop group Stardust and thereby moved to a completely different genre.
All available material by Charlie & Esdor was reissued in 2005 on CD by Mellotronen. Franzén remained in Katrineholm, while Jensen returned to Tromsø.
Monday, April 14, 2025
Bathory - st CD 84 w The Return... CD 85 -cc
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: Per Discogs: Profile: Extreme metal band from Vällingby, Sweden, founded in March 1983 by Quorthon, who was the only constant member. Bathory ended with Quorthon's death on 6th June 2004.
Real Name: Ace Thomas Börje Forsberg
Profile: Born: February 17, 1966, Stockholm, Sweden
Died: June 6, 2004, Stockholm, Sweden
Quorthon is the stage name of Swedish black metal musician Tomas Forsberg, who was behind the band Bathory from 1983 to 2004. He stated that the name Quorthon was from a list of so-called demons he found in a book on Satanic rituals, which he thought was utterly stupid, but liked the name. He also stated that the names Vvornth and Kothaar are from the same list of demons, and that he couldn't quite remember whether the names were spelled exactly like that in the book. The book in question is Musta Magia I (1974, translated in Swedish as Svart Magi del I) by Finnish occultist, neo-Nazi and self-proclaimed Reichsführer Pekka Siitoin.
He is the son of Börje Forsberg also known as Boss from Black Mark Production, and according to the magazine Swedenrock, Quorthon is the older brother of Jennie Tebler.
Quorthon was extremely sneaky about his real name, and it's not entirely clear why. In interviews, he would create false names to amuse himself, and see how easily rumors spread in the media. Some have made the obvious claim that he was just concealing ties to his family in the music business. In the archives of his cemetery Sandsborgskyrkogården, his real name is Ace Thomas Börje Forsberg, and the date of death is June 6, 2004.
Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Atlas - Bla Vardag CD 79 bw Mosaik CD 82 -cc
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: Per Discogs for Atlas: Swedish progressive rock/symphonic rock band from Malmö and then Jann Persson's later band Mosaik.
https://bestfile.io/en/dqfbiGLlKJ4q7Di/file
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Asoka - st CD 71 -cc
COLLECTOR'S CHOICE: Per Discogs: Swedish progressive rock band from Malmö, formed in 1971 as a successor to the groups Taste Of Blues and Take Off.
The band was restarted in 2004.
LINK REPOSTED 9-29-25: https://bestfile.io/pn2V9FOMz05z9VF/file
Tuesday, October 29, 2024
JIMMY JENSON - THE VERSATILE J.J. LP
What do ya know a guy from my native state of MN and called "The Country Swingin' Swede"!! Oh ya sure you betcha as we say. Even though it does have a polka song as is the stereotype, some others are quite humorous considering his accent...talkin' about our lutefisk....ha ha. Enjoy this rarity!
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
MADLEEN KANE - Rough Diamond LP 78 w Cover Girl LP 85
REPOST Request: No, not the actress with similar name. Per Discogs: Real Name: Madeleine Flerkell Profile: Swedish disco singer and model, born 4 March 1958 in Malmö.
She debuted as a photo model for Ford Models in New York. In 1978 she got a record deal with producer Jean-Claude Friederich and released the debut single Rough diamond, which became a world hit. In 1980, Cherchez pas became number 18 on the Swedish top list. In 1981 she collaborated with Giorgio Moroder, resulting in hits such as You can and Playing for time. She had five singles on the US Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart. Her 1994 compilation album, 12 Inches and More, was a huge hit in the US.
Madleen has released a biography of her life. The book is based on her childhood to the jet set life she lived during her time as an artist and model. Madleen describes in great detail about her marriage, alcoholism, sexual abuse and family. The title is named after her debut album; Rough Diamond.
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Frida - Something's Going On LP 82
REPOST Request: What I wrote before: O.K., I could have guessed this entire album was produced by Phil Collins by it's sound, but what surprised me was that the hit song that I KNOW YOU HAVE HEARD BEFORE "There's Something Going On" was written by Mr. "She's A Hurricane" himself--who we have posted before, none other than the great Russ Ballard!! UPDATE: Look above for RUSS on repost!
https://mega.nz/file/w79FUYzZ#lasLj2gAb67_n6T5cbBXAdu59URfDbhpzhj_zxzaGaw
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
WATERMELON MEN - Past, Present And Future LP 85 w 7 86
Such great nostalgia seeing the 'What Goes On' label for this Garage Rock ala Paisley Underground band I should have had back then but instead had the Nomads and Shoutless as my main bands in the genre. They cover "There She Goes Again" to also bring me back to that period when that VU tune was release back after the fact back in 85-86. Got the single from another blog.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
RUN LEVEL ZERO - SYMBOL OFF SUBMISSION CD 01
I actually saw this EBM-Electro-Industrial band and bought this after the show.
Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Monday, January 4, 2021
Wednesday, December 9, 2020
The Wayward Souls - Songs Of Rain And Trains LP 86 w Like Junk Food King On Diet LP 87
REPOST and ADD ON: Such a great band, it was exciting to find the earlier release a couple weeks ago.
Tuesday, November 3, 2020
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
Trojne_(1983)_-_Varför_krig_7''
REPOST Request: Sorry, I only could find the later EP shown and so missing the top EP shown which according to Bernando who originally posted them is much harder punk sound.
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